State ex rel. City of Madison v. Industrial Commission

The claim of the city of Madison was made pursuant to the provisions of ch. 29, Laws of 1931, special session, and its validity in whole or in part depends upon the proper construction to be given to said chapter.

The city of Madison contends that while sec. 2 (1) unmistakably limits the allotment or distribution thereunder to counties administering outdoor poor relief under the county system and to cities, towns, and villages administering outdoor poor relief under the local system, sec. 2 (2) contains no such limitation; that the language “there shall be paid to counties and cities, towns…